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With most subjects they only fluctuate about 1 or 2 marks each year, so these should be a good guide. To note, though, mark boundaries to science subjects and maths often vary a lot from year to year. If you have newer boundaries, please post them here so they can be added to the list.

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May 2010 Boundaries - Multiple Subjects

Multiple Grade Boundaries - May 2010

May 2009 Boundaries - All subjects

ib_grade_boundaries_2009.pdf

May 2008 Boundaries - All subjects

IB_Component_Boundaries_2008.pdf

May 2007 Boundaries - All subjects

Grade_Boundaries.pdf

May 2006 boundaries:

Theory of knowledge

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Group 6

Theory of knowledge

M06 Overall Boundaries (essay + presentation)

  • A: 49-60
  • B: 40-48
  • C: 32-39
  • D: 22-31
  • E: 0-21

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M06 Boundaries

  • A: 30-36
  • B: 25-29
  • C: 17-24
  • D: 9-16
  • E: 0-8

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Group 1

English A1

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M06 Overall Boundaries HL:

  • 7: 80-100
  • 6: 68-79
  • 5: 56-67
  • 4: 43-55
  • 3: 32-42
  • 2: 16-31
  • 1: 0-15

M06 Overall Boundaries SL:

  • 7: 78-100
  • 6: 65-77
  • 5: 54-64
  • 4: 41-53
  • 3: 30-40
  • 2: 15-29
  • 1: 0-14

M06 World Literature, Overall Boundaries HL

  • 1: 0-5
  • 2: 6-11
  • 3: 12-17
  • 4: 18-22
  • 5: 23-28
  • 6: 29-33
  • 7: 34-40

M06 World Literature SL

  • 1: 0-2
  • 2: 3-5
  • 3: 6-7
  • 4: 8-10
  • 5: 11-13
  • 6: 14-16
  • 7: 17-20

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Chinese A2

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M06 HL, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-11
  • 2: 12-24
  • 3: 25-40
  • 4: 41-53
  • 5: 54-69
  • 6: 70-81
  • 7: 82-100

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English A2

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M06 HL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 3: 23-35
  • 4: 36-40
  • 5: 51-68
  • 6: 67-81
  • 7: 82-100

M06 SL, Overall Grade Boundaries:

  • 3: 21-34
  • 4: 35-50
  • 5: 51-64
  • 6: 65-80
  • 7: 81-100

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French B

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M06 SL, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-13
  • 2: 14-30
  • 3: 31-45
  • 4: 46-58
  • 5: 59-70
  • 6: 71-82
  • 7: 83-100

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German B

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M06 SL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-11
  • 2: 12-24
  • 3: 25-39
  • 4: 40-55
  • 5: 56-68
  • 6: 69-84
  • 7: 85-100

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Spanish B

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M06 HL, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-13
  • 2: 14-26
  • 3: 27-41
  • 4: 42-55
  • 5: 56-66
  • 6: 67-83
  • 7: 84-100

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French Ab Initio

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N06 SL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-15
  • 2: 16-31
  • 3: 32-44
  • 4: 45-59
  • 5: 60-71
  • 6: 72-83
  • 7: 84-100

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Spanish Ab Initio

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M06 SL Overall Grade Boundaries:

  • 3: 31-47
  • 4: 48-60
  • 5: 61-73
  • 6: 74-87
  • 7: 88-10

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Business and Management

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M06 HL, Overall Grade Boundaries:

  • 1: 0-11
  • 2: 12-22
  • 3: 23-35
  • 4: 36-47
  • 5: 48-59
  • 6: 60-71
  • 7: 72-100

M06 SL, Overall Grade Boundaries:

  • 3: 27-38
  • 4: 39-49
  • 5: 50-60
  • 6: 61-71
  • 7: 72-100

M06 SL Internal Assessment

  • 1: 0-3
  • 2: 4-6
  • 3: 7-8
  • 4: 9-10
  • 5: 11-13
  • 6: 14-16
  • 7: 17-20

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Geography

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N06 HL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-11
  • 2: 12-24
  • 3: 25-32
  • 4: 33-44
  • 5: 45-58
  • 6: 59-69
  • 7: 70-100

N06 SL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-11
  • 2: 12-23
  • 3: 24-32
  • 4: 33-44
  • 5: 45-56
  • 6: 57-69
  • 7: 70-100

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Economics

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M06 HL, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-13
  • 2: 14-24
  • 3: 25-37
  • 4: 38-48
  • 5: 49-60
  • 6: 61-71
  • 7: 72-100

M06 HL Paper 1, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-2
  • 2: 3-4
  • 3: 5-8
  • 4: 9-11
  • 5: 12-15
  • 6: 16-28
  • 7: 19-25

M06 HL Paper 2, Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-3
  • 2: 4-6
  • 3: 7-11
  • 4: 12-14
  • 5: 15-18
  • 6: 19-21
  • 7: 22-30

M06 HL Paper 3, Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-7
  • 2: 8-15
  • 3: 16-23
  • 4: 24-30
  • 5: 31-36
  • 6: 37-43
  • 7: 44-60

M06 SL, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-12
  • 2: 13-23
  • 3: 24-37
  • 4: 38-49
  • 5: 50-62
  • 6: 63-74
  • 7: 75-100

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History

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M06 SL, Overall Boundaries:

  • 7: 72-100
  • 6: 60-71
  • 5: 48-59
  • 4: 36-47
  • 3: 23-35
  • 2: 12-22
  • 1: 0-11

M06 Paper 1 Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-2
  • 2: 3-5
  • 3: 6-8
  • 4: 9-11
  • 5: 12-15
  • 6: 16-19
  • 7: 20-25

M06 Paper 2, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-5
  • 2: 6-10
  • 3: 11-14
  • 4: 15-18
  • 5: 19-22
  • 6: 23-26
  • 7: 27-40

M06 Paper 3, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-8
  • 2: 9-16
  • 3: 17-23
  • 4: 24-29
  • 5: 30-35
  • 6: 36-41
  • 7: 42-60

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ITGS

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M06 HL, Overall Boundaries

  • 7: 69-100
  • 6: 57-68
  • 5: 44-56
  • 4: 32-43
  • 3: 21-31
  • 2: 11-20
  • 1: 0-10

M06 SL, Overall Boundaries

  • 7: 69-100
  • 6: 57-68
  • 5: 45-56
  • 4: 33-44
  • 3: 22-32
  • 2: 11-21
  • 1: 0-10

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Social and Cultural Anthropology

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M06 SL, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-13
  • 2: 14-28
  • 3: 29-41
  • 4: 42-53
  • 5: 54-67
  • 6: 68-80
  • 7: 81-100

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Biology

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M06 HL, Overall Boundaries

  • 1: 0-18
  • 2: 19-33
  • 3: 34-48
  • 4: 49-59
  • 5: 60-70
  • 6: 71-80
  • 7: 81-100

M06 SL, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-15
  • 2: 16-27
  • 3: 28-43
  • 4: 44-55
  • 5: 56-66
  • 6: 67-78
  • 7: 79-100

N06 HL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-17
  • 2: 18-30
  • 3: 31-42
  • 4: 43-55
  • 5: 56-67
  • 6: 68-79
  • 7: 80-100

N06 SL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-15
  • 2: 16-28
  • 3: 29-41
  • 4: 42-54
  • 5: 55-67
  • 6: 68-80
  • 7: 81-100

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Environmental Systems

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M06 SL, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-17
  • 2: 18-31
  • 3: 32-43
  • 4: 44-55
  • 5: 56-66
  • 6: 67-78
  • 7: 79-100

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Chemistry

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M06 HL, Overall Boundaries:

  • 7: 80-100
  • 6: 70-79
  • 5: 60-69
  • 4: 49-59
  • 3: 35-48
  • 2: 19-34
  • 1: 0-18

M06 SL, Overall Boundaries:

  • 7: 80-100
  • 6: 69-79
  • 5: 58-68
  • 4: 47-57
  • 3: 34-46
  • 2: 18-33
  • 1: 0-17

N06 HL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-18
  • 2: 19-33
  • 3: 34-47
  • 4: 48-58
  • 5: 59-68
  • 6: 69-78
  • 7: 79-100

N06 SL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-16
  • 2: 17-30
  • 3: 31-44
  • 4: 45-55
  • 5: 56-65
  • 6: 66-76
  • 7: 77-100

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Physics

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M06 HL, Overall Boundaries for TZ1:

  • 7: 71-100
  • 6: 61-70
  • 5: 50-60
  • 4: 40-49
  • 3: 28-39
  • 2: 16-27
  • 1: 0-15

M06 HL, Overall Boundaries for TZ2:

  • 7: 71-100
  • 6: 60-70
  • 5: 50-59
  • 4: 40-49
  • 3: 29-39
  • 2: 17-28
  • 1: 0-16

M06 SL, Overall Boundaries for TZ1:

  • 7: 70-100
  • 6: 59-69
  • 5: 49-58
  • 4: 38-48
  • 3: 29-37
  • 2: 16-28
  • 1: 0-15

M06 SL, Overall Boundaries for TZ2:

  • 7: 69-100
  • 6: 57-68
  • 5: 49-56
  • 4: 38-48
  • 3: 27-37
  • 2: 16-26
  • 1: 0-15

N06 HL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-15
  • 2: 16-26
  • 3: 27-37
  • 4: 38-48
  • 5: 49-58
  • 6: 59-70
  • 7: 71-100

N06 SL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-14
  • 2: 15-25
  • 3: 26-35
  • 4: 36-47
  • 5: 48-57
  • 6: 58-69
  • 7: 70-100

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Computer Science

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M06 SL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-15
  • 2: 16-30
  • 3: 31-41
  • 4: 42-52
  • 5: 53-63
  • 6: 64-74
  • 7: 75-100

M06 HL, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-13
  • 2: 14-26
  • 3: 27-38
  • 4: 39-50
  • 5: 51-63
  • 6: 64-75
  • 7: 76-100

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Mathematics HL

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M06 HL, Overall Boundaries

  • 7: 81-100
  • 6: 69-80
  • 5: 57-68
  • 4: 45-56
  • 3: 34-44
  • 2: 17-33
  • 1: 0-16

N06 HL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 0-13
  • 2: 14-28
  • 3: 29-41
  • 4: 42-53
  • 5: 54-64
  • 6: 65-76
  • 7: 77-100

N06 Paper 1

  • 1: 0-15
  • 2: 16-30
  • 3: 31-47
  • 4: 48-62
  • 5: 63-76
  • 6: 77-91
  • 7: 92-120

N06 Paper 2

  • 1: 0-16
  • 2: 17-32
  • 3: 33-46
  • 4: 47-60
  • 5: 61-73
  • 6: 74-87
  • 7: 88-120

N06 Paper 3

  • 1: 0-8
  • 2: 9-17
  • 3: 18-25
  • 4: 26-32
  • 5: 33-38
  • 6: 39-45
  • 7: 46-60

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Mathematics SL

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M06 SL, Overall Boundaries for TZ1:

  • 7: 86-100
  • 6: 75-85
  • 5: 64-74
  • 4: 53-63
  • 3: 38-52
  • 2: 20-37
  • 1: 0-19

M06 SL, Overall Boundaries for TZ2:

  • 7: 83-100
  • 6: 70-82
  • 5: 58-69
  • 4: 46-57
  • 3: 32-45
  • 2: 17-31
  • 1: 0-16

M06 SL IA, Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 1: 1-7
  • 2: 8-13
  • 3: 14-19
  • 4: 20-23
  • 5: 24-28
  • 6: 29-33
  • 7: 34-40

N06 SL Overall Grade Boundaries

  • 7: 83-100
  • 6: 71-82
  • 5: 59-70
  • 4: 47-58
  • 3: 35-46
  • 2: 18-34
  • 1: 0-17

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Math Studies SL

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M06 Overall Grade Boundaries:

  • 1: 0-15
  • 2: 16-28
  • 3: 29-39
  • 4: 40-53
  • 5: 54-67
  • 6: 68-80
  • 7: 81-100

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Visual Arts

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M06 HL, Overall Grade Boundaries:

  • 3: 34-43
  • 4: 44-57
  • 5: 58-72
  • 6: 73-86
  • 7: 87-100

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is it true that IBO scales the marks based on how the whole world is doing?

wow..a 55% in english A1 overall is a 5...amazing, in Canada, a 5 in english means you can skip english 101

Of course - would it not be stupid that a Chinese candidate would need 70 points for a 7 and a Canadian would only need 65 points for a seven. It's the same test for everyone, so the scaling is based on the performance of the WHOLE world. However, different timezone tests (like in math) will have different grade boundaries, since the questions are different. This is why an American's paper 1 score of 85 points might be a seven and an Australian would get only a 6 for it.

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Of course - would it not be stupid that a Chinese candidate would need 70 points for a 7 and a Canadian would only need 65 points for a seven. It's the same test for everyone, so the scaling is based on the performance of the WHOLE world. However, different timezone tests (like in math) will have different grade boundaries, since the questions are different. This is why an American's paper 1 score of 85 points might be a seven and an Australian would get only a 6 for it.

I understand the whole Chinese person needing to get higher points for a 7 in Chinese language, but why does an Australian get a 6 while an American get a different score due to different time zones? I don't get it.

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I understand the whole Chinese person needing to get higher points for a 7 in Chinese language, but why does an Australian get a 6 while an American get a different score due to different time zones? I don't get it.

The November papers are easier for some reason. There are more people that take the ones in May, so they are harder. Grade boundaries are therefore higher for the November papers (though only slightly).

That's actually a good reason to do retakes, when you think of it :D

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I know that this is a bit of a strange request, but does anybody know where I can find the mark boundaries for May 2000 exams, particulary French B SL Paper One? We did this as a practise in class, and the teacher could not find the mark boundaries, so he used an alternate formula for assigning marks that marked us down on average about 1.5-2 points from what we should have gotten. If I can show him the mark boundaries, he may change them.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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